A German Riesling and Loire Valley Chenin Blanc Comparative Tasting at the German Wine Society (Washington DC), led by Annette Schiller, ombiasy WineTours, took place in Washington DC, USA, on November 9, 2024.
Invitation
The German Wine Society's comparative tasting of German Rieslings and Chenin Blancs from France’s Loire Valley will feature ten different wines offered to illustrate the similarities and differences of wines using these grapes. The tasting will be presented by our own Annette Schiller, who has brought some of these wines back from Europe just for us from her most recent tour. We now have the full wine list for our event, as shown below.
Aficionados
of a fresh, crisp white wine will eventually fall in love with both the
Riesling and Chenin Blanc grapes. Riesling is of course Germany’s most
planted and best known grape, while Chenin Blanc, though not the
leading grape of France, is one of its white stars. Chenin Blanc
acquired its name from Mont-Chenin in the Touraine district of France in
the 15th Century, but can be traced as far back as Anjou in 845 AD.
There is much to love and little to hate at all about either varietal.
Both varietals can be produced in all sorts of styles: sparkling,
still, bone dry, semi-sweet, fruity sweet, or lusciously sweet. In five
flights, one Riesling and one Chenin Blanc each, we will compare the
different styles of the two varietals and will examine the decisive
factors: acidity level, sugar level, ageability, versatility, value, and
terroir expressiveness.
Loire Valley and the Rhein-Mosel-Nahe Valleys Wine Tours by ombiasy WineTours
Earlier this year, Annette led wine tours to the Loire valley and the Rhein-Mosel-Nahe valleys:
Carl Willner, President: Last night,
Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024, we held our penultimate event of the year, the
Riesling - Chenin Blanc comparative tasting, at the clubroom of Klaus
Teuter’s apartment building in the Van Ness area of Washington, D.C.,
one of our regular venues. We started on time at 7 pm after finishing
setup, and concluded by about 9 pm, with a number of guests lingering to
help with cleanup, drink some wines that Klaus brought, and hear my
wife Nina playing the piano. The event was very well attended....
The Wines
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